Neowin News Feed for: Kenya

If you own Meta smart glasses, subcontrators in Africa can see everything you record

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:46:02 +0000

The UK's data regulator, the ICO, is writing to Meta after an alarming report found that subcontractors in Africa can see way too much of people's private lives. Read more...

Netflix expands its password sharing crackdown to over 100 countries including India

Mehrotra A — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 05:04:01 +0000

Netflix is expanding its password sharing crackdown to over 100 countries including India, Croatia, and Kenya. These countries will also not be allowed to additional users by paying extra money. Read more...

Meta can be sued by ex-content moderator, Kenyan court rules

Steve Bennett — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 20:16:01 +0000

A Kenyan labour court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued by an ex-moderator. Daniel Motaung used to review posts on the site and claims it harmed their mental health. Read more...

Nokia works with UNICEF and Safaricom to help connect Kenyan schools

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:50:01 +0000

Nokia has been working with partners in Kenya to bring internet connectivity to rural and underserved communities in the African country. The government wants all schools online by 2030. Read more...

Alphabet's Loon not commercially viable and is due to shut

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:12:01 +0000

Alphabet's Loon company will be winding up in the coming months after the firm failed to become commercially viable. Alphabet will share what it learned from Loon and continue to use some of the tech. Read more...

Loon starts providing service to Telkom Kenya customers

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 19:50:01 +0000

Loon has announced that it has begun providing internet service for customers of Telkom Kenya. This will help those especially who are in rural areas away from cities where it's hard to get connected. Read more...

UK supercomputer set to help fight African locust outbreak

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:48:01 +0000

The UK is funding a supercomputer which helps to track devastating locust swarms. It also uses predicted weather data to work out where the locusts will move to next, giving farmers time to prepare. Read more...

Telkom Kenya partners with Loon LLC to launch commercial service

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:14:01 +0000

Loon LLC and Telkom Kenya have entered an agreement to launch Loon's balloons to help connect everyone in the country, even those out in the more rural areas that are difficult to connect. Read more...

Alphabet in talks with Kenyan telecom operators to deploy Loon

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:44:01 +0000

Project Loon could very well be coming to Kenya to provide connectivity for those in rural areas. Alphabet is currently in talks with telecoms in the country working out contracts. Read more...

Facebook steps up its fight against fake news during the Kenyan election

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:24:01 +0000

With the Kenyan elections around the corner, Facebook Africa is stepping up its efforts to curb the spread of fake news on its platform that could negatively affect the election on August 8. Read more...